Conveyer.



J. B. DENITHORNE.

CONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.14, 1907.

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JOHN B. DENITHORNE, OF OOATESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed December 14, 1907. Serial No. 406, 519.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. DENITI-IORNE, citizen of the United States, residing at Coatesville, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Conveyors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to water conveyers adapted to be positioned under car tracks so as to furnish a connection for a fire hose upon each side of the track whereby water may be conveyed under the track without interfering with traflic upon the track.

A further object of the invention is to provide a water conduit so constructed that the fire hose may be readily and quickly attached to the conduit, which presents no obstruction when the hose is not connected and which is provided with supporting beams which efliciently support the railway track at the part occupied by the conveyer.

To these ends the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross sectionalview of a railway track showing my water conveyer positioned beneath the tracks, and the manner of connecting a fire hose to the conveyer. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the conveyer, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the conveyer. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the upper portion of one of the pipe members.

In the accompanying drawing the numeral 1 designates a pair of rails, such as are employed in the usual railway system.

My water conveyer 2 comprises a plurality of pipes 3 having their ends bent upwardly in a parallel line to provide the vertical members 4. The upper extremity of the members 4 is preferably provided with an enlarged head 5 having internal screw threads adapted for the reception of a threaded cap or closure 5. The upper por tion of the members 4 having the enlarged heads 5 are adapted to lie at a level with the surface of the street. The pipes 8 of the conveyer are provided near their vertical extensions with eye beams 7, held spaced from each other by a series of rods or bars 8.

The upper flanges of the eye beams 7 are adapted, when the conveyer is placed in position, to support the rails 1 of the car track and to prevent any sagging or displacement of the rails at the portion of the track where the conveyer is positioned.

The caps or closures 6 connecting the enlarged portion 5 of the vertical pipes 4, have their wrench holds 9 located in a dished portion ofthe face of the cap so that the top of the wrench hold is on a line with or slightly below the face of the cap 6. By this construction it will be seen that a smooth surface is obtained at the portion of the street occupied by the conveyer and that no obstacles or dangerous obstructions are presented by the application of my device.

From the above description it will be observed that I have constructed a comparatively cheap and thoroughly efficient means for conveying water under the tracks of a street railway without interfering with the traffic upon the railway, as well as producing a support for the railway track upon which my device is located;

It will be understood that the closures 6 of the vertical members t of the pipe sections are of a size equaling the threaded couplings of a fire hose, and that, upon removal of the closures the couplings of hose sections may be coupled to each end of a pipe 3.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A water conveyer comprising a plurality of pipes having vertical upstanding ends provided with screw threaded extremities and closures for the pipes, of eye beams sup porting the pipes and rods positioned between the eye beams to space the beams from each other.

2. A water conveyer for fire hose adapted for position under the rails of a railway track comprising a plurality of conveyer pipes having upstanding ends provided with screw threads and removable closures for the same, of eye beams upon the conveyer pipes and supporting the railway rails, and rods for retaining the eye beams in a relatively spaced position from each other.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. DENITHORNE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM S. G. 00011, W. FRANK WARE. 

